Conferences

2021:

The University and the City Conference" Democratic Innovations: Engaging citizens in politics, July 1 – 2, 2021, Goethe-University Frankfurt (Program) (Picture)

2018:

"Grenzen der Demokratie / Frontiers of Democracy", 27. General Conference of the German Political Science Association (GPSA), Frankfurt, hosted by: Brigitte Geißel, Jonathan Rinne

"Conceptualizing the Future of Democracy: Combining Representation and Participatory Innovations", Panel Discussion at the GPSA conference 2018, Frankfurt, Chair: Brigitte Geißel (Recording)

"Democratic innovations in retrospect: current findings", Panel Discussion at the GPSA conference 2018, Frankfurt, Chair: Brigitte Geißel, Jonathan Rinne

"Citizen participation and the future of democracy: A systemic perspective", Panel at the GPSA conference 2018, Frankfurt, Chair: Rikki Dean, Jonathan Rinne

"Rethinking representation: Representative claims in global perspective", Panel at the GPSA conference 2018, Frankfurt, Chair: Petra Guasti, Brigitte Geißel

"Ungleichheit und direkte Demokratie" ("Inequality and direct democracy"), Panel at the GPSA conference 2018, Frankfurt, Chair: Anna Krämling, Lars Paulus

"Global Perspectives on Representation", Section at ECPR General Conference 2018, Hamburg, Organizer: Samuel Hayat, Petra Guasti

"Democratic Innovation Beyond Political Decision-Making", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2018, Hamburg, Chair: Rikki Dean

"Inequality and Direct Democracy", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2018, Hamburg, Chair: Lars Paulus, Anna Krämling

"Performance, Protest and Presence", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2018, Hamburg, Chair: Petra Guasti

"Representative Claim as a Theoretical Concept", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2018, Hamburg, Chair: Brigitte Geißel

Workshop at the ECPR Joint Session, Nicosia, Cyprus 10. - 14.04.18:
Can Participatory Reforms Save Representative Democracy?, Chairs: Brigitte Geissel and Kimmo Grönlund (Information here)

2017:

Summerschool 'Democratic Innovations in Europe and the European Union', Brussels, Belgium 2017, lectures by Brigitte Geissel and Jonathan Rinne

2016:

“The 'macro' impacts of deliberative democratic innovations", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2016, Prague, Chairs: Pamela Hess and Nivek Thompson (University of Technology Sydney, Australia).

"Democratic Innovations", Section at the ECPR General Conference 2016, Prague, Organizer: Sergiu Gherghina.

“Political Parties and Direct Democracy in Eastern Europe", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2016, Prag, Chair: Sergiu Gherghina.

“Can Participatory Democratic Reforms Mitigate Inequality?", Panel at the World Congress of Political Science 2016, Poznań, Poland, Chair: Brigitte Geißel. (Link)

2015:

“The Challenges of the Exponential Diffusion of Democratic Innovations: How to Accumulate Knowledge from Case Studies?", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2015, Montreal, Canada, Chair: Pamela Hess & Paolo Spada (University of British Columbia).

“Multi-Level Direct Democracy: Explaining Processes at National and European Level", Panel at the Annual Conference of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 2015, Cardiff, Wales, Chair: Sergiu Gherghina.

2014:

“Deliberative Experiments and Constitutional Changes: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches", Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2014, Glasgow, Scotland, Chair: Sergiu Gherghina.

2013:

"Learning from Each Other: Democratic Innovation Research and Quality of Democracy Measurements", 
Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2013, Bordeaux, France,
Chair: Brigitte Geissel & Quinton Manyne (Harvard Kennedy School, USA)

"What Explains (the Absence of) Participatory Reforms?", 
Panel at the ECPR General Conference 2013, Bordeaux, France, 
Chair: Joan Font (Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, Cordoba, Spain) & Brigitte Geissel

Administration Office of Prof. Geißel

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